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1,045,339. Patented NOV. 26, 1912.

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WORKMAN'S TIME RECORDER. APP-LIOATI'ON FILED SEPT. 24, 1910.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER;

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1910.

Patented NOV. 26, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1910. 1,045,339 Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1910.

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UNITED'STATES PATENT? oFFIoE;

DESRIE A. STOWELL, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATIONOF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Applicationfiled September 24, 1910. Serial N01 583,592.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, DESRIE A. S'rownLL, a citizen of'the United States, and resident of Gardner, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Workmans Time-Recorder, of which the following description, in connection with the-accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to apparatus for recording on a suitable card or other check the time when a workman enters or leaves his place of employment, each employee having his individual card. This card is used for any convenient period, from one week to two or more weeks, and herein I have'shown the card as arranged for use during a period of two weeks, the records on the card determining the compensation due the Workman for the given. period.

In the present embodiment of my inventionthe records are made to denote actual time, that is, any record made on a card gives the actual time at which the record was made, so-that at the end of a'given period lost time, if any, must be calculated from the card.

The present apparatus is so constructed and arranged that time'records for each day will be made in horizontal columns on the card, such columns being arranged in sequence, beginning with Monday for the uppermost column and. parallel, vertical columns are arranged for the proper records for In, Out, Extra in, Extra out, etc., as will appear hereinafter, and a' day record is also made on the card for every time record.

'The present apparatus is of the type wherein the Workman, by'a selectivemovement, sets the apparatus in readiness to stamp or mark the proper In or Out record upon the card, and while the position of the card in the card receiver or guide is also selective, to' the extent that it is'manually eflected, it isnot controlled or governed in any way by the selective movement made by the workman preparatory to getting an In or Out record. In fact, the position of the card intherece1ver is intended tobe determined by some authorized individual, such as the superintendent, and

provided means whereby the positioning of the card can be confined altogether to one in authority. The daily change or shift for the position of a card in the receiver is thus manually effected, but in practice is restricted as to those who may make the change. a

The marking or stamping of the records is herein effected by a single printing or recording \instrumentalit-y, motor-driven but controlled by a time-movement, such as a clock, said printing or recording instrumentality being properly positioned by the selective device underthe control of the em- 7 ployee. 'I have also provided simple and eflicient mechanism for effecting the feed of the ink-ribbon and for reversing the direction of the feed thereof automatically, the feed of the ribbon always taking 'place after the record has been made on a card,

and hence when the printing or recording devices are retracted from operative position. This reduces the wear on the ribbon and the type, prevents a blurred record, and I obviates filling the face of the printing type with fuzz or other particles rubbed oif the ink-ribbon.

Certain portions of the mechanism herein' shown and described are substantially the same as set forth in United StatesPatent No, 920,866, gralnted May 4, 1909, to C. T.

Hawley, but herein I have simplified the materially the cost thereof. 7

The variousnovel features of my invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out ing the following claims. v, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a recording apparatus embodying my invention, the protective casing being broken out to show" the connection between the time movement,

apparatus as a whole, and reduced very or clock and otherparts of the mechanism;

5 is a top plan view of a portion of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 3, but for the sake of clearness the devices in the lower part of the main frame are omitted, and the actuating member 'or handle has also been omitted, the ink-ribbon beingiindicated by a dotted line; Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly broken out, of the printing or recording instrumentality, in juxta osition to the card receiver or guide, ands owing a -portion of the actuating ineans for moving the printing members forward to the printing point; Fig. 7 is a left-hand side elevation of the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a part of the card-positioning means and the ribbon-feed controlling means being omitted, the recording instrumentality' being indicated by a dotted circle, -to avoid confusion; Fig. 8 is a right-hand side elevation of the main frame with some of the mechanism for governing the ribbon feed, and also the winding arbor of the driving motorfor the printing instrumentality; Fig. 9 is a vertical, sectional detail on the line 99, Fig. 5, looking toward the right, showing in full and dotted lines the driving and controlling trains of gearing, and a portion, of the mechanism for impressing upon the card a daily check mark or indication Fig. 10 is a vertical, sectional detail, taken on the line 1010, Fig. 3, and lookin toward the right, of the mechanism for e ecting auto matically the daily change in the day printing member or wheel and the visual indicator; Fig. 11 is a transverse section on the irregular line 1111, Fig.7, looking toward the right, to show clearly the con-- struction of the-means for controlling the ink-ribbon feed, and showing also a portion, ofv the means for effecting the daily change in the position of a card in the card receiver; Figs. 12 and 13 are details of differ ent structural features of the card positioning means, to be referred to; Fig. 14 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 14 14, Fig. 5, showing the sliding section between the transmitting shaft and the shiftable carriage on which the printing set is supported; The casing 1, Fig. 1, contains the opera-5 tive parts of. the mechanism and is provided with a time movement or clock, having an ex-; posed dial and hands, as usual, the' lower part of the casing having an opening 2 and guiding wings 3, by. which the employees card or other check is introducedfinto the card receiver or guide within the casing. when a record is to be made.

A cover'plate 4, Fig. 5, has a sight open-i ing 5 to permit a day indicator to be-seen from the exterior of the casin at any time! This plate 4 in practice is flus with a horizontal jog in the casing, as in the Hawleyl patent, and centrally of the jog is an ex-a eposed metal head 65, mounted on the main* framework and provided with an elongated,

curved slot 7, while a series of disks 8 are mounted on the top of the head. Said disks are exposed at the front of the casing and are marked to indicate given periods of the day, so that the workman can select the proper one before he operates the apparatus to make a record.

The markings are clearly shown in Fig. 5, the first four from the left being used during regular work hours and the last two for overtime or extra work, the partic ilar number, notation, shape, or form of the indices being varied according to circumstances, but those herein illustrated will,

, of the card bein divided by a plurality of sets of horizonta lines to present a series of transverse spaces for the days of each week, two weeks being' herein provided for.

Vertical rulings divide the body of the card into vertical columns, headed Day, Morn. in, Noon out, Noon in, Night out, Extra in, and Extra out, to correspond with the indices on the disks 8, the record face of the card being turned away from the employee when the card is inserted in the receiver.

The mlnute hand arbor of the time move-. 'ment has a pinion 11 meshing with a pinion 12 on a flexible shaft 13,'Fig. 1, attached at its lower end to the shaft of and driving a gear 14, Fig. 8, forming a member of a train of gears 15, 16, 18, 19, mounted between plates 17 on the'main framework,

as in the Hawley patent, the pinion'19 being mounted on an intermittingly rotated shaft 20, governed as to its rotation by a let-off or releasing device designated as a whole at L, Fig. 3, constructed and operating as set forth in said patent. This let-01f or releasing device is operated by the time movement and permits a spring motor to actuate other portions of the apparatus, the

heavy work being performed by the motor but controlled by the time movement.

The master gear of a typical clock-spring.

motor is indicated at 29, Fig.8, wound up by a suitable key applied to the outer end of the arbor or spindle 30, and by a train of gearing 31, 32, 3s, 34, 35, 37,Fig. 9, the motor drives a pinion 38 fast on shaft 20,

all as in the Hawleypatent, so that said shaft is operated .withthe requisite power and at the desired speed whenever the timecontrolled let-j'ofi' device L permits. This intermittent rotation of shaft 20 effects the" sides 40, 41, and a heavy cross-brace 42 at the front, upright extensions 43, 4& on the brace sustaining the head 6, a tie-rod 45 connecting the sides at the back and near the top of the frame.

At the top of the frame side 41 the outer ends of two horizontal and parallel guiderods 48 .are fixedly held, the inner ends of said rods being fixedly held in bosses 47 on a horizontal plate 46' attached to the inner one of the upright plates 17 before referred to, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The inner end of shaft 20 is extended through openings in the plates 17,46, and has connected with it by,vpreferably, a universal joint or coupling 0* a transmittingo shaft 0 which is extended between the guiderods 48, said shaft for the greater portion of its length being provided with a flattened face 0, Fig. 9.

A carriage is supported by and longitudinally movable upon the guide-rods, and is herein shown as comprisin a fore and aft plate 0 having parallel s eeves a toembrace and slide upon said rods, as clearly shown in Fig. -5, said plate 0 having a hub c, Fig. 14, in which is rotatably mounted a sleeve 0 to the headed end of which is attached a gear a. v

A collar 0 is held on the opposite end of v,the sleeve by set screws 0 the transmitting shaft being slidably extended through the sleeve but made rotatable therewith by passing the reduccd-part of the shaft through a hole of corresponding cross-section in the sleeve-head 0.

' It will be manifest that while the carriage can be shifted bodily to the right or left, Fig. 5, carrying with it the gear c, the lat ter will always be operatively connected with the transmitting shaft to be rotated thereby wheneverthe shaft 20 is rotated, the shifting of the carriage causing the sleeve 0 to slide longitudinally upon said shaft 0.

The gear 0 meshes with and drives a. large gear 59 attached to the minute type-wheel or member 60 which in practice has on its per'iphery number-types running from 1 to 59, inclusive, and with a dash instead of zero, the member 60 being advanced one peripheral number at the end of each minute, as in the Hawley patent. As therein pro-vided the minute-marking member drives an hour-marking member 60* which to retain the reloclii'ng .immediately thereafter..

is advanced at the end of each hour, each adyance of the hour-marking member thus being efiected upon-each complete revolution of the member 60.

A carrier 61 fulcrumed on and depending from the hub 0 of, the carriagesustains the printing set, the rearward extension '62 0f the carrier having a cam face 63, a .link 64 pivoted on the plate 0 having a 'slotand pin connection with the extension 62 to limit the swing of the carrier, a spring. 65normally holding said extension raised at its rear end,

printing faces of the set inoperative. p

The hour-marking member 60 has .two

rseris of numbers thereon from 1 to- 12 each,

time is pninted on the record card, when the apparatus is operated, but the position of the record upon the card in a horizontal column will be determined by the position of the printingset betweentlie limits of its bodily lateral movement.

.as in. the Hawley patent previously referred to. The minute member 60 is'provided with a single tappet' 66 to intermittingly engage the star-wheel 67 fast on a gear 68 rotatably mounted on the carrier 61, the gear 68 meshing with a large gear a 69 fast on the hour-marking member-60 see Fig. 6. Each revolution of member 60 thus causes anadvance of the hour member, to bring one of its number-types into position to make a record, and to prevent overrunning a springcontrolled detent 7.0 cooperates with the star-wheel, the 'de tent being pivoted at 71 on the carrier and having its rear end bent down and provided with a beveled tooth 72. vThis tooth travels upon an annulus 73 fixed to the minute member 60, and. a notch-'74 is made in the annulus at such a point that when t'appet 66 imparts an advance to the hour member the tooth 72 will dip into the notch and therebycause the detent 70 to'release one tooth of the star-wheel, the annulus locking the detent in engagement with the star-wheel until the is the same as either one of the Haw'ley extra printing sets, andfhenc'e needs no further description herein,

I will now describe briefly the mechanism for swinging the printing set forward into position to make a record; the means for shifting or settingsuch printing set laterally according to the nature of the record to be made, by a selective movement of the actuating member or handle, and the mechanism for causing the record to be impressed upon the card, all of such instrumentalitiesdle 112, the latter having an angular movement about the sleeve 104 as a fulcrum, which is a selective movement, and a second angular movement on the fulcrum 113 in planes radial to the sleeve, this latter movement effecting the operation ofthe printing set to mark a card, as in Hawley.

At its upper end the handle has a knob I14, and a pin 115 extended rearwardly therefrom is arranged to enter one of the positioning slots 10, Fig. 1, in the front plate of the lower part of the casing, this plate;

for convenience being made in halves A, A, and secured to the mainframe work by suitable screws. 'Said pin also enters an aper-. ture 116, Fig. 7, in a locking bar 117 carried by a curved, resilient arm 118 fixedly attached at its lower end to the hub portion of the arm 110, the resilience of the arm 118 normally acting to press the locking bar toward the face of the head '6, said bar having a socket 119,. see dotted lines, Figs. 3 and 7 to receive any one of the locking lugs 9 on the head. Lateral ears 120 on the locking bar increase the width thereat so that the bar cannot rest against the face of the head 6 between any two of the lugs 9, but when the socket 119 is opposite a In the latter will enter thesocket and hol the locking bar in position, and as there can be no rotative lateral movement of the bar and the handle 112 because of the pin 115 it follows that when the bar 117 is locked from angular movement the handle will also be locked.

When a selective movement of the handle is to be made it is unlocked by drawing forward the locking bar 117 to disengage it from the then ac tinglug- 9, and this is facilitated by a finger-piece 121 on the bar.

the employee grasping the, knob 114 with his hand while he inserts a finger in the finger-piece 121 and draws the bar 117 forward. When the locking bar is disengaged from a lug 9 the handle and said bar can be moved angularly, about the sleeve 104 as a fulcrum, to any'desired selective position determined by the indices of the disks 8. The spring action'of the arm 11$ serves to move the locking bar into locking position whenever the said bar is released and its socket 119 is opposite :1 lug 9, and by 106king the actuating handle in any one of its operative positions the printing set is accurately positioned to make the desired rec- 0rd, as will presently appean'.

vIn Figs. 1 and 3 the actuating handle is shown in the selective position opposite the index Morn. in, and it will be locked in such position until an employee purposely retracts the locking bar 117 into unlocking position.

As the slots 10, Fig. 1, are opposite thepath ofmovement of thepin 115 and correspend in position tothe lugs 9 it follows that when the handle is locked in any one of its selected positions it can be given asecond movement, on the fulcrum 113, by pushing in on the knob 11 t, the pm 115 passing into one of the slots 10 and assistiiig in positioning the handle when a record is being made.

I will now describe the means forming a part of my present invention by which selective movement of the handle shifts the carriage to properly position the printing inst-rutnentali'ty.

1 A gear a fast on the rear end of countershaft 96 meshes with a pinion a fast on the shaft of a drum a rotatably mounted in a frame a on the base plate, Figs. 3 and 7, and a chain or other flexible connection a is wound around and attached to the drum, the free end of said connection being led to the right and upward around idesheaves a, a, to the carriage of the printing set, to which it is secured. Herein I carry the connection through a boss 0 on the plate 0 of the carriage, Fig. 5, and hold it therein by a set-screw 0 The connection a is now carried horizontally to the left, Figs. 3 and 5, to and around a spring-drum a, rotatably mounted in a suitable frame a attached to the main frame-side 41.

In Fig.5 the spring'ai is shown, one end being attached to the drum and the other.

end to an arbor a, so that when necessary the spring can be wound up to tighten it.

When the carriage is moved to the right, Figs. 3 and 5, the attached connection a is unwound from drum 0, and the rotation of the latter winds up the spring a so that when the pull at the right of the carriage is diminished the spring will unwind more or less to correspondingly revolve the drum a and take up the attached connection a,

to thus draw the carriage to the left:

The connections between the sleeve 104 and the drum a are so arranged herein that the said rocker plate, 1*

mounted thereon is swungprint ng positlon.

tance to the left corresponding to the angular movement of the handle. Movement of the handle 112 to the left winds the connectiona on drum a and pulls it OK drum a, so that the carriage and printing set will be moved. to the right. This opposite move ment of the carriage relatively to the handle P is necessary as the rear face of the card receives therecord, and the Morn. in space on the card, Fig. 2, will be on the right, when the card is positioned for a record, while the Morn. in index is at the left of 'the series of index disks 8.

\Vhenever the handle is locked in a selected position the intervening means just described for shifting the carriage will serve to position the "printingset in the proper 1 place, laterally, so that when the record is made it-will appear on the card in the appropriate space, and it will be apparent that the relative positioning of the printing instrum'entality and the card, in one direction,

', is effected manually by the selective movement of the actuating handle. It also follows that for every change in the selective position of the handle there is a corresponding lateral change or shift in the position of the printing instrument-ality.

v The lower end of the handle is bifurcated to embrace the headed rod 123, longitudinally movable in the sleeve 104 and provided at its rear end With an adjustable collar 124 connected by a link 126 to a rocker plate 128 fulcrumed at -129 on the base plate, as in Hawley. I

By link 130 and arm 131 the transverse, horizontal rock-shaft 132 is connected with of said shaft acts through cams 135thereon to engage and depresscam-le-vers 134, Figs. 7 and 8, pivoted on the frame-sides, the free end of each lever being connected by a link 133 with a bell-crank 101, fulcrumed on the frame side, the two bell-cranks carrying a rocker bar 99. \Vhen the rocker bar is swung forward, by depression of the free ends of the cam-levers 134 against the action of springs, 136, the rocker bar 99 is brou ht into engagement with the cam face 63 of the extension of the swinging carrier 61 and the selectively positioned ri'nting set fbrward into It will be understood that hereinf'gas in the Hawley patent,.the inward movement of the knob of handle 112 acts to draw forward the rod 123 and thereby, through the connections above referred to, to rock the one end to a lug i'g. 7, and rocking shaft 132, a strong'spring 137 effecting return movement of the parts to normal posit-i'on.

An auxiliary printing device herein is moved to printing position to make upon the card a day record whenever a time record is made thereupon, said device comprising essentially a.rotatable type-wheel 151, Fig. 9, having on its periphery letters 1W1, TU, W, etc., indicating the days of the week, the type-wheel being mounted on a swinging arm 149which is fulcrumed at 148. The type-wheel is so located that. it

will print one of its letters in the vertical day column on the card, and a ratchet 152 and gear 153 are fixedly connected to rotatewith the type-wheel, see Fig. 5. Gear 153 meshes with gear 154, and the locking and positioning pawl 157 is swung forward on its fulcrum 158 into engagement with and to lock the ratchet 152 from rotation and then to move the ratchet and locked type-wheel 151 forward against the rear face of the ink ribbon, all substantially as in the Hawley patent, a rocker-arm 159 loose on the shaft 132 having an attached link 160 pivoted to the pawl 157.

11 bow-spring 146 is fixedly attached at 143 on the rocker-arm 159, Fig. 9, the other end of said spring being secured to a plate 145 fast on the shaft 132,

type-wheel ratchet 152, as described, and

the spring 146 permits continuedrotative movement of the rock-shaft to complete the formation of the record, as will be apparent. The train of gearing 164, 166, 167 he'- tween the gear 154 and an indicator drum 169 causes the surface of the latter to display through the sight opening 5 the name of the day of the week corresponding to the day index or letter on theprinting wheel 151 which is then in position to print on the card When the apparatus is operated, substantially as in the Hawleypatent, the train o-f gearing being suitably mounted on the inner one of two parallel upright plates 165 attached to the main frame work.

The daily-change in the printing wheel 151. and the indicator drum 169 is effected 'automatically'by a very simple' mechanism,

now to be described.

Diagonal plates b, b are'securedto the two pairs of upright plates 17, 17 and 165, 165, to support between them a horizontal shaft 5", Figs. 3, 9 and 10, hav ing fastupon it a gear I) meshing with anddriven bytes master gear 29 of the spring, motor, and a cam 72 is also fast on said"'shaft, the cam edge cooperating with a rolleror other stud N, Fig. 10, on a link I) longitudinally slotted at b to embrace a guide pin 6 carried by one of the plates 7).

A spring I) attached to said pin and the link serves to retract the latter and to maintain the follower stud b in engagement with the cam, the forward end of the link being pivotally connected with a swinging pawl-carrier b fulcrumed on a transverse shaft 1) rotatably mounted in the plates 1.65. v

A spring-pawl b on the carrier cotiperates with a ratchet b fast on shaft 6 the latter having fast upon it a pinion b meshing with and driving the large gear 164 heretofore referred to. The shaft 12 has also an attached star wheel 72 (see full and dotted lines Fig. 10) which coiiperat'es with a detent pawl 6 held in engagement with the star wheel by a spring b.

The ratchet b has seven teeth, one for each day of the week, as herein shown, and

the cam 12 is arranged to make one complete revolution every 24 hours, the gradual rotation of the cam from the position shown .in Fig. 10 actin to slowly move the link 6' to the right, Fig. 10, swinging the pawlcarrier to cause the pawl 79 to be set behind the next tooth of ratchet b. As soon as the high point of the cam 12 passes the roll 72 the spring 6 instantly retracts the link and pawl-carrier b and the pawl is given its operative stroke to advance the shaft b one step, andthrough the gearing before described the day printing Wheel 1 51 and the indicator drum 169 are simultaneously advanced and set for the current day. The cam 12 has a quick, sudden drop from its high point, so that the operative stroke of pawl b is performed instantly and smartly, the detent b yielding to release the star wheel I) at each daily change, but between times acting to lock this part of the mechanism from pverrunningand maintain the indicator drum and day printing wheel in proper sition.

If the day shifting is to be performed manually, in order to set the apparatus conveniently, the door of easing 1 may be opened and the cover on the top of the recording mechanism removed, and then the gear 154 may be turned by the fingers as much as may-be required for the proper setting of the arts for. the currentday.

As the day printing member 151 is changed periodically and automatically under normal conditions it will be manifest that whenever the apparatus is operated to make a record, during a given daily period, every such record must be of that particular day and no other. That is, if the current day be Tuesday, the member 151 will make a Tuesday record on the card every time the apparatus is operated, and in, the day columnv of the card the abbreviation Tu will appear, so that even if "the employee should make an improper vertical positioning of the card in the receiver the proper day would be recorded on his card, but as it would be out of sequence the attempted fraud would be apparent.

The skeleton card receiver or guide has opposite fixed and vertical guideways 208 which receive and position the upright edges ,of' the card, rearwardly curved near their upper ends at 214 and having a flared open mouth 215, as is usual in apparatus of this character, said guideways being herein shown as attached at their lower ends to a horizontal, rigid bracket arm 209 extended inward from the frame side 41, Fig. 11.

Upright guide plates 210 extend between the guideways 208 from the said bracket arm to a cross-bar 211, the latter connecting the guideways below the lower edge of the ink-ribbon, as clearly shown in Fig. 11, the plates 210 preventing any improper movement of the card when inserted in the receiver. i

The positioning of the card in the receiver for the day of-the week on which a record is made is governed and effected by manual movement, preferably under the controlof or restricted in its operation to a single authorized person, as will be explained.

A vertical abutment-guide d is rigidly mounted on the bracket arm 209 midway between the guideways 208 but in front of. them, the upper end of the said guide being held in an car a? on the cross-brace 42, and upon the guide is slidably mounted a sleeve d having a frontwardly extended pin d, and secured to or forming a part of the sleeve is a transverse plate d which extends rearwardly between the guideways 208. This plate at servesas a stop or abutment on which the bottom of the, card rests when inserted in the'receiver, and in Fig. 7 I have shown the abutment, its guide, and the sleeve and its stud. other parts immediately connected therewith being omitted, as they are shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 11.- The pin (Z enters a longitudinal slot (5 in the inner end-of a lever d fulcrumed at d on a stand carried by the bracket arm 209, the outer and shorter arm of said lever being pivotally'connected-by a link (2 with the upcurved arm of a lever d fulcrumed at d on a vertical'plate D depending from the back of the cross-brace 42 and parallel to a plate D depending from the front of said cross brace. The inner end of the lever d is provided with a follower roll d, Fig. 131 which 1 lever d serves to lift the short outerarm: -of,said lever and through the linked" to depress the-short inner arm of thefleurved lever (i maintaining the follower d at-all itimes in engagement 'withthe cam d Rotation of shaft (i in the direction of thearrow, Fig. 13, will gradually lift the f'inner arm of lever d and through the described connections the longer inner arm of lever Z will be lifted, but to a greater 0X2.

tent, and the abutment a? Wlll be raised 1n the card receiver.

The cam is hereinarranged so that-when the follower (Z is on the low point-of thecam the abutment will be at its lowest position in the receiver, correspondingflto the first day of the uppermost week depicted upon the card, Fig. 2, and the high point of said cam will position the abutment at its highest point in the receiver, corresponding to the last day of the lowermost weekile picted upon the card; Various intermediate positions of the abutment correspond to various intervening days in the two weeks period; on the card. a

A sleeve (1 fast on shaft (1 extends through plate D and frontward through an opening in the front plates A, A, said sleeve having an attached pointer al and pref erably a milledhead d", by means of which the sleeve and shaft can be revolved. Upon the plates A, I arrange in a circle two series of disks (1", d, Fig. 1, seven disks in each series, as herein shown, marked to indicate @the days of the week, the days running from;

the bottom upward on the series d, and from the top downward on the series -d I The. surface of cam d and the connections between it and the abutment d are so aonstrueted that if, for instance, thepointer d is set opposite Tuesday of the indexseries al theabutment will support a card in-the receiver in the proper position tore-v ceive records in the second horizontal 001- vumn of the second Week printed thereon, and in a corresponding manner for other settings ofthepointer. Such setting is effected by grasping the milled head b? and turning the pointer al from left to right. to the proper disk in the series d" the follower ri Fig. 13, drops from the highw to the low point of the controlling cam, to position the abutment for the Monday of the first week on the card. To prevent overrunning and also'to hold the abutment in roper set position I pro vide the sleeve 1 Fig-12, to be engaged by a detent d pivoted at dt g on the rear face of the plate D, and heldinfits operative position by a spring 7 J? T-h e' spring yields when pointer is turned, but isstrong enough to cause the detent to snap into place between two teeth of the star wheel and-,thereby properly position 65 or center the various parts.

. shifting mechanism is necessary, because tent (i from. the star wheel (Z 9.

index disk, and when turned beyond the last 5 with a star when. (1

. It will be observed- ;that the pointer al and the adjunctive index disks d, d are Wholly outside t-he casing of the apparatus, and no positiveilocking of the abutment- O evenshould an employeezchange the pointer 7 to position theabutmentfor a day subsequent :to or preceding the current day his record will show the ,proper or current day letter in its proper vertical column, .but. it will be in the wrong horizontal column. Thus an attempted fraud is always udetected by the very act of making the record, but as it is desirable to prevent improper records due to ignorance or carelessness I provide a simple locking device for the abutment-shifting mechanism.

The key-cylinder (1, Figs. 1 and 3, of av suitable lock is exposed at the front of the casing, the lock-case 0Z v being secured to the back of the plate D,"Fig. -12, in such position that when the bolt d is thrown to operative position, as shown by dotted lines, it will engage and prevent withdrawal of the de- Thereby the shaft al is locked from rotation and consequently no change can be made inv the positionofthe abutment until by manipulation of the look its bolt d 'is retracted. The superintendent, In nager, or other duly authorized individ al is provided with the .key of such lock, and it is his duty to unlock the abutment-shifting mechanism each day before the morning hours of labor begin, shift the abutment to; position, for the curv rentday, and lock it in such position. Thus there canbeno tampering with, accidental or-ignorant manipulation of the abutmentshifting mechanism. v I The'mechan'ism for effecting-the feed of the ink-ribbon, and for reversing the direction of feed.automatically,'will now be described.

Like vertical shafts e, e, are. frotatably, mountedvopposite each'other in bearings e on the outer-faces of the main frame sides 40,- 41, each shaft having an attached. gear ati'its lower --'end,wwhile a suitable ribb0nspool e is fixed upon each shaft atits upper, end, the hu'lic of.each spool resting upon 1 the upper bearing e", Figs. 3,7, 8 and, 11 and hung held firmly thereon by aspring 0 coiled around the shaft 6 between a collar a thereon and the upper bearing. This spring device serves as a friction detent to prevent 1 overrunning of thespool', and keeps properly taut the ink-ribbon E which is attached at itsends 'to and wound oppositely upon the spools. The ribbon passes in a substantially vertical plane across the apparatus in front 12 of the time printing instrumentality and the day. printing member and'behind the card receiver. Theupper ends'of the guideways 208 of the-receiver are provided with spring fingers 2 15 to direct the ribbon and hold it 3 in proper position adjacent the face of a card when in the receiver. 1

A feed shaft 6 extended horizontally across the frame work and suitably supported in bearings e Fig. 11, is provided at each end with a gear 6 the shaft being r0- tatable in its bearings and also longitudinally movable therein, so as to bring one or the other of the gears a into mesh with the adjacent gear 6 on a spool shaft e. Longitudinal movement of said shaft is limited by collars e thereon, clearly shown in Fig. 11. When the feed shaft 6 is positioned as therein shown the spool e at the right hand will be rotated positively by rotation of the feed shaft and the ribbon E will be moved in the direction of arrow 300, but when the feed shaft is shifted to bring its left-hand gear a into mesh with the adjacent gear 6 the ribbon will be fed in the opposite direction.

A ratchet 6 fast on the feed shaft is held from retrograde rotation by a detent pawl 6 Fig. 8, and it is advanced intermittingly by a pawl e pivoted on a pawl-carrier e, the tail of the pawl being weighted at e to lift said pawl into engagement with the ratchet when said pawl-carrier is moved toward the front of the machine. The pawlcarrier has a slight rising andfalling movement, as will be explained, and a pine thereon maintains the point of the pawl in proper position to cooperate with the ratchet.

Before explaining the mechanism for operating the pawl-carrier I will explain the means for reversing automatically the feed of the ink-ribbon, having particular reference to Fig. 11, and also Fig. 4.

At a suitable distance from each end of the ribbon I attach thereto a projection, herein shown as a piece of wire e which can be conveniently held in place by forma spool the projection near that end of the ribbon will impinge upon the outer edge .of the bifurcation e of the transmitting arm at that side of the frame, so that continued movement of the ribbon will swing said arm inward. Y

In Fig. 11 it is supposed that the righthand arm has just previously been swung or shifted to theposition shown by the projection 6 shown in dotted lines, to reverse the feed of the ribbon to the direction indicated by" arrow 300. Said transmitting arms are connected to swing in unison by a transverse link 6 provlded with a headed stud e whlcli enters a slot 6 in one member 6 of a toggle, jointed at its lower end at e to the longer member 6 of the toggle. The member e is fulcrumed at e on the bracket arm 209, and the lower end of said member has a pin 6 which is interposed between collars e on the feed shaft e. A rather stiff leaf spring 6 fixed at one end on the hand spool the projection e on the ribbon near the left hand end thereof will be brought into engagement with the left-hand transmitting arm 6 Continued movement of the ribbon to the right will cause said projection to swing both arms 6 and the link 6 to the right, the toggle member 6 swinging on the joint (2 as a fulcrum and flexing the actuating spring 6 this movement of member 6 being permitted by its slot-and-pin connection with link 6. F inally the two toggle members will be alined o'r brought on dead center, and then the member 6 will be .swung over dead center, to the right, and instantly the flexed spring 0 will act to swing the member 6 on the stud e as a fulcrum, breaking the toggle and swinging the jointed ends of the members to the left. During this gradual movement of the member 6 the member e remains stationary and thereby holds the feed shaft 6 from any longitudinal movement until the instant when the shifting is effected by the spring 6 This causes the member e to swing on its fulcrum e and the pin 6 acts upon the right hand collar 6 to move the feed shaft 6 to the right, quickly, disengaging the right hand gears 6 e and bringing the corresponding left hand gears into mesh. Thereupon rotation of the feed shaft will effect rotation of the left "hand spool c to wind the ribbon thereupon until it is time for thefeed to be again reversed.

The actuating spring 0 not only operates to effect the quick shift of the toggle and the feed shaft, as described, but it holds such parts in the shifted position until the feed of the ribbon is to be again reversed.

From the foregoing description and the drawings it will be manifest that the re-' versing mechanism for the ribbon feed is gradually set or brought into operative position, and the reversal is effected practically instantaneously at the proper time. The

order that clear recor not 5 taining yielding to the segmentp ate 229, Fig. 8,

mech anism is simple, direct acting, and efficient. with nothing to get out of order or to break down under ordinary conditions of operation.

I have so arran d the mechanism that the feed of the ink-ri bon is'efiected' only after time.

' Theimpression is made, upon the card by -means of-a suit-able platen which is caused to engage .theback of the card and press the face thereof toward the printing wheels when the latter are brought to the printing point, and as I have herein shown the laten 'and the actuating means therefor su tan 2 tially as in. the. Hawley patentreferred to onl a brief description will be given.

e platen 216 slides back and forth in bearings 217, Fig. 5 and is connected with a rocker 219,=Figs. and 8, provided with a rearwardl extended arm 221 pivotally connected with a depending link 222, as in the Hawley patent, the slotted 'foot of'the link cooperating with the arm 224 of a bellcrank, ,fulcrumed at 226, a spring 227 maincontact between the link and the bell-crank.

The bell-crank arm 225 is connected with the front end of thelink or pawl-carrier e" hereinbefore referred to, (corresponding 4 to the link 228 in the Hawley patent) the rear end of said awl-carrier bein pivoted .on the base-plate and connected by link 230 i With an arm 231-fast on the main rock-shaft 132. When the handle 112 is swung inward on its fulcrum 113 to rock the shaft 132,

as has been described, the segment plate 229 is rocked to move the pawl-carrier 6 rear-.-

lcrumed ing or recording-position. -When the pawlcarrier e is retracted it is also raised by the swing of the bell-crank and the segment plate 229 to bring the awl a into proper engagement with the died ratchet e, and as e pawl-carrier moves forward'it is lowere as it reaches its normal position, so that the pin e, Fig. 8, disengages the pawl from the ratchet, as shown.

It is unnecessary to describe the means for causing a hammer-blow to be communicated through the platen when a record is i made, for said means is not of my invention, but is conveniently such as is shown in the Hawley patent, the hammer 236 and its spring 241, Fig. 3, being parts of such means.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the selective movement of the handle, 112 can be made at anytime and to any one of the several selective positions, the extremes of such movement-being definedby a stop-lug 117", Fig. 3, extended from the locking bar 117 into the slot 7 of the head. So, too, the operating movement of the handle, in planes radial to the shaft 123, canbe effected at any one of theselective positionsof such handle, to make a record on the'card in the receiver, the printing set or inst-rumentalitv being roperly positioned laterally of the card by t eselective movement of the Handle.

'It will be remembered that the daily.

change of the position of. a card in the receiver isefl'ected manually, the position. of

the stop or abutment determining the ver? tical position of the card with relation to the printingpoint.

An inspection of the card, Fig. 2, will give a clear idea'of the character of the records made, and the manner in'which-the cards ai e utilized in keeping .a record of the work performed by the employees. On

.Monday of thefirst week this employee came in at 6:59 a. m. and went out at noon at 12 1 returning at 12: 58 p. m. and .went

m. and of themselves these records won show a full days work, 'suppos- 50 movement of the handle .112 operating the ing the fixed daily periods of labor to be ward to thereby set the pawl e the inward from 7 a. m. to 12 noon, and from 1' to 6 65" record on the card, an

platen 216 to make the reoord'uponthe card as the rinting'instrumentalit is brought into printing position.- Thus t e setting-of pawl e occurs durin the printing of a the active strokeof --the pawl does not take place until thepawlcarrier e" moves forward, which cannot occur until the actuating handle is released and swings frontward after the record has 60 beenmade. Hence the intermittent advance u'i printing instrumentality away from-print Extra in space at-10 30 a. m., showing that after the employee came in at the regular time, i. e., before 'l' a. m. he went out at 9 oclock andreturned at 10 30 thus losing 11]; hours thatday. The Tuesday record shows not'only a full days work, but also that the employee worked overtime, from 6:30 p. m.

to 9 p; m.,. as indicated by the Extra, records. Wednesday the employee worked full time, but on Thursday he waslate f-hour,

while he was absent all day Friday, but worked the regular half day on Saturday, and also put in 3-],- hours overtime. The underlining of the a. m. hour numbers on the hour member of the printing set enables the clerk who makes up the cards to tell at a glance whether the lost time records are in the morning or afternoon periods of labor.

I have not filled in the spaces for the second week depicted on the card, Fig. 2, as it will be understood from the foregoing that the card can be used for one week or for a plurality'of weeks.-

The summation at the foot of the card shows that from full time of 55 hours lost time of 12 hours is deducted, leaving net time of 43 hours, to which is added the extra time on Tuesday and Saturday, amounting to 6 hours.

In the general operation of the apparatus the employee places his card in the receiver, with its face to the rear, unlocks the actuating handle 112 by pulling forward the looking bar 117, and grasping the knob 114 he swings the handle by a selective movement to the right or left," as the case may be, op-

' posite the index 8 for-the proper period of the day, and locks it by releasing the bar 117, the selective movement of the handle shifting the printing instrumentality to its proper position for the period selected.

,To make the record the employee pushes the knob of-the actuating handle inward as far as it will go, and thereby the printing instrumentality is swung forward to printing position and simultaneously the platen is moved. against the card, the hammer-blow being made to give the impression as the operating movement of the handle .is completed. The record is now made and the released handle returns automatically to.

- described, both the day printing device ment of the morning period of labor each day the authorized person will set or position the abutment of the'card receiver, for the current day of the week. Any period of time the beginning and termination of which is fixed by the employer as defining the working hours of all regular employees is without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the claims annexed hereto.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a Workmans time recorder, in combination, a time movement, a motor-driven recording instrumentalit controlled by said time movement, a fixe guide, a movable abutment-to cooperate with a card in the receiver and position it vertically relatively to-the recording instrumentality, manually operated means to efiect movement of said abutment when necessary and a manually operated actuator ermanently connected with said recording instrumentality and having a selective movement in one path to move bodily and position said instrumentality laterally relatively to a card in the receiver at any one of a series of different locations andhaving another movement at different points in such path to cause the selectively positioned recording incard receiver or' strumentallty .to make a record upon the card.

2. In a workmans time recorder, incomand independently operated actuator permanently connected only with said recording instrumentality and having a selective movement in one path to position the printinginstrumentality-laterally at any one of a series of diiferent locations and having another movement at diiferent'points in such path, and means=governed by such latter movement of the actuator to cause the recording instrumentality to move bodily toward the receiver in any one of its selected locations and make a record on a card in the receiver. 7

3. In a workmans time recorder, in combination, a fixed card receiver or guide, a time controlled recording instrumentality movable bodily toward and from said receiver and also movable bodily parallel thereto in one direction, a movable abutment to cooperate with a card in the receiver and position it in a direction at right angles to such bodily movement of the recording instrumentality, means, including a manuadjusting movement of the printing instrument to cause said instrumentality to make actuator to cause the recording instrumentality to make a record, and manually acally rotated cani and connections between it and the abutment, to change at will the position of the abutment, a manually operated actuator having a selective movement in one path and another, operating movement at different oints in said path, permanent connections etween said actuator and the recording instrumentality to effect bodily movement thereof parallel to the card receiver to any one of a series of locations irrespective of the position of the abutment, and means separately connectedv with'said actuator to cause the selectivelypositioned recordinginstrumentality to make a record by operating movement of the actuator.

4. The combination with a time-controlled and bodily movable printing instrumentality, and a fixed card receiver, of a movable abutment to cooperate with a card and vary its position in the receiver in one direction relatively to said printing instrumentality, manually operated means to vary the position of the latter bodily relatively to a card in the receiver in a direction at right angles to movement of the abutment, and in dependent means including a re'voluble cam member to. effect manually a change in the' positionof the abutment.

5. The combination with a time-controlled printing instrumentalit and a fixed'card' receiver relatively to w ich said instrumentality is adjustable in one direction, a movable abutment to position a card in the receiver in a direction at right angles to said mentality, a manually operated actuator having a selective movement to effect such adjustment of said printing instrumentality only and having another, operating movea record, and a manually-controlled device wholly independent of said actuator to lock\ the abutment in a predetermined position irrespective'of any adjustment or movement of the printing instrumentality.

6. The combination with a fixed card re ceiver, and a motor-driven, time controlled recording instrumentality, of fixed guides adjacentand parallel to the receiver, a carriage'movable thereon and with which said instrumentality is connected, a manually operated actuator having a selective movement in one path and a different, operating movement at different points in such path, connections between said actuator and carriage to move the latter in .one direction by selective movement of the actuator, springactuated means to effect movement of the, carriage-in the opposite di-rgction, means governed by operating movement of the tuated means to vary the position of a card in the card receiver. I i Q7. The combination with a fixedcard re:

aao

ceiver, and a time-recording instrumentality to make records upon a card 1n the receiver, manuallytoperated means having. a

'seleotive'mo-vement to vary the position of said instrunientality laterally relatively to ,a card in the receiver and having another movement in a different direction to operate said instrumentality, an automatically changed device to record on the card a week-day character whenever the time-recording inst-rumenta-lity is operated, and manually operated means to cooperate with. a card in the receiver and vary the position of the card vertically relatively to said timerecording instrumentality.

8, The 'combination ,with a fixed caril receiver, and a motor-driven, time'controlled recording instrumentality, of fixed guides adjacent and parallel to the receiver, a oarriage movable thereon and with which said instrumentality is connected, spring-actuated means to move said carriage in one direction upon the guides, a manually operated actuator having a selective movement in a fixed path, and permanent connections between said actuator and the carriage to effect simultaneously movement of the latter in opposition to said spring-controlled means whenever said actuator is moved selectively whereby selective movement of the actuatorwill always effect a corresponding change in the position of the carriage.

' 9. In a workmans time recorder, a casing, a circularly arranged series of day indices mounted on the exterior thereof,-an upright card receiver or guide within the casing, a vertically movable abutment to cooperate With and position vertically a card in the receiver, a manually and intermit- -tingly rotated sha ft extended through the caslng at the center of said series of indices and having on its outer end a poir ter to co,- operate therewith, a. cam on the inner end ofthe shaft, and connections between the cam and abutment to change the .vertical position of the' abutment by angular movement of the shaft and cam, to a greater or less extent, one complete rotation of the shaft eifecting the extreme movement of the abutment,

10. In a workmans time recorder, a casing, an upright card receiver ftherein, an abut-ment to cooperate with and position vertically a card in the receiver, means, in-

terior of the casing and connected with'said cam'to cause; angular m ve'ment thereof, and,

7 thereby effect a correspo 'ding'change in the position of the abutment, and a. separate manually-controlled device to lock against 7 manual operation the said member connected with the cam, whereby when desired the abutment may be set at a predetermined position by said member and maintained thereafter in such position by said locking device.

I 11. InZa workmans time recorder, a casing, an upright card receiver therein, an abutment to cotiperate with and position vertically a card in the receiver, a fixed guide on which the abutment is slidably mounted, means, including a cam and-its follower, to effect movement of the abutment on said guide, a shaft on which the cam is mounted, manually and intermittingly rotatable at the exterior of the casing, to effect a .change in the position of the abutment according to the extent ofangular movement of the-shaft, a star wheel on the-shaft, and a springcontrolled detent to cooperate therewith and normally maintain said shaft and cam at rest in any predetermined angular position,

combined with a lock having abolt to engage said detent and retain it in engagement" with the star wheel, to thereby hold positively the shaft against manual rotation, one complete rotation of the shaft and cam, corresponding to the maximum movement of the abutment. i

12. Ina workmans time recorder, a casing, an upri ht card receiver therein, a vertically movfiile abutmentito cooperate with and position vertically a card in the receiver, a manually rotatable shaft accessible at the exterior of the casing and adapted. to be angularly moved at intervals, and liav ing its inner end within said casing, a cam on the inner end of .the shaft, said cam hav: ing a gradual rise from its low to its high point anda quick drop from the higli to the low point, a follower'cooperating with the cam, and transmitting connections between said follower and the abutinent,'

- whereby a-partialrotative movement of the shaft effects a change in thevertical positlon of the abutment corresponding to the extent of rotative movement of the shaft.

13. In a workmanstime recorder, a cas-I ing,an upright card receiver therein, a vertlcally movable abutment tocooperate with .and position vertically a card in the receiver, a rotatable shaft adapted to be intermitt ingly and angularly moved manually at the exterior of the casing and having its inner I, end within said casing, a cam on the inner end of the shaft, said cam having a gradual .pe

rise from its'low toits high pointv and a quick drop from the high to the low point,

a follower cooperating with the cam, and

receiver for a record card, a single timechange in the vertical position of the abutmutt. corresponding-to the extent of such rotative -movement of the shaft, combinedwith a spring-detent said shaft until moved positively therefrom.

and cam in any desired angular position .14. In a workmans time recorder, a cas-;

ing, an upright card receiver therein, a vertically movable abutment to cooperate with an position vertically a card. in the receiver, a rotatable shaft adapted to be intermittingly and angularly moved manually at the exterior of the casing and having its inner end within said casing, a cam on the inner end of the shaft, said cam having a gradual rise from its low to its high point and a quick drop from the high to the low point, a follower cooperating with the cam,

,and transmitting connections between said follower and the abutment, whereby partial rotative movement of the shaft effects a corresponding change-in the vertical position of the abutment, combined witha springdetent'devic'e to maintain said shaft and cam in any desired angular position, and an independently operated device to cooperate with said detent deviceand'lock positively the same inpositi'onto prevent any angular movement of the shaft and cam.

15. In a workmans time recorder, 3. casing, an upright card receiver therein, a vertically movable abutment-to cooperate with and position vertically a card in the receiver, a shaft adapted'to be rotated manually at the exterior of the casing and having its inner end within said 'casmg, a cam on the inner endof the shaft, a spring-con trolled lever; having a follower cooperating with the cam, and a. second lever pivotally connected at one end with the first-named lever and at its other end having a'slot-andpin connection with the abutment, rotative movement of the shaft and cam rocking said levers and effecting a change in the vertical position of the abutment corresponding to the extent of rotative movement of the cam and shaft. 1

16. In a time recorder,. in combination, a

'receiverfor a record card, a single set of rint' wheels movable toward the receiver into pr nting position and also movable laterally relatively to the receiver to any. se-

lected one of a plurality of positions, manually operated means cooperating with, the

printing set to effect movement thereof into selected position, said means being also adapted to effect movement of the printlng ndent and manually operated means to cause, a change the. position of a card 111 the receiver, from 'day today.

17. In a time recorder, in combination, a

controlled'printing set adapted to record actualtime and movable bOdll into any sewith said printing set to efiect movement set to printing'position, and wholly inde- I tinuously, an actuating controlled by movement member automatically,

thereof into selected position and also adapted to efi'ect movement of such printing set to printing position, means manually operated irrespective of the operation of said actuator to-cause a daily change in the positipn of a "card in the receiver, and a device to lock positively said means from operation at will and thereby maintain a given position for a card whlle said means is locked. s

18. In. a workmans time recorder, in combination, a fixed card receiver, an abutment to cooperate with a card in the receiver and position it vertically, a printing instrumentality, manually operated means to move the same laterally of the card receiver to any one of a series of selective positions and to cause said positioned instruinentality to make a record on a card in the receiver, independent and manually operated means to efi'ecta daily change in the vertical position of the abutment, and a device to restrict the operation of said means to a number of individuals.

19. In a time recorder, a set of hour and minute type wheels bodily movable laterally and also into and out of printingposition, a time-controlled motor to drive said set con-.

'tinuously, an actuating handle, and means controlled by movement of the handle in one path to vary the lateral position of the printing set and by a different movement of the handle to cause the positioned printin set to make a record, combined with a day printing member, means cause it to make a record when said printing set is operated, and means to effect daily advance of said comprising a cam driven by said motor and havin a daily revolution, a ratchet, a eratlng pawl gradually set and quickly vre eased by each revolution of said cam, a spring to "effect the operating stroke of the pawl when released, and transmitting @connections between the ratchet 'and said day printin member, to advance the latter each time t e ratchet is advanced.

20. Ina time recorder, a set of hour and minute type wheels bodily movable laterally and also into'and out of printing position, a time-controlled motor to drive sald set conhandle, and means of the handle in'one path to vary the lateral positipn of the printing set and by a different movement of the hand to cause the positioned printing setto make a record, combined with a day printing member adapted to make a record whenever said printing set is operated; and means to effect automatically a daily advance of saidmember, said means including a ratchet and cooperating pawl, a cam driven by said motor toset the pawl gradually and quickly release itonce every day, a spring to effect the operative strok of the .a time-controlled motor continuously, an actuating handle, and means controlledflby movement of the handle a predetermined record whenever the predetermined.

of the pawl.

21. In a time recorder, a set of hour and movable laterally printing position, to drive said set minute'ty wheels bodil and also i nto and out of in one path to vary-the lateral position of the printin set and by a different movement of the,han le to cause the positioned printing set to make a record, combined with a separate printing member adapted to make printing set is operated, and means actuated b the motor to efiect automatically a periodical advance of said member, said means including a p a fixed period of rotation and provided with a quick drop from its high point, connections between said cam and pawl to gradually set the latter and quickly release it when the high point of the cam is passed, and a spring to effect the operative stroke of the pawl.

awl and ratchet, a cam having I 22. In a time recorder, a card receiver, a

time-controlled printing set, manually operated means to actuate it to make a record on a card in the receiver, an ink-ribboninterposed between the receiver and the printing set, mechanism, including a rotatable,

' longitudinally movable shaft, to effect feed of the ribbon, means to rotate said shaft automatically after each. record-making operation of the printing set, said means including a ratchet and pawl, the latter being set by such operation of the printing set, and a spring to operate the pawl when the printing set returns to normal positlon, a toggle one member of which is operatively connected with and adapted to shift longitudinally the said shaft, an actuating spr ng to cooperate with the other member, to break the toggle when the members pass dead center in either direction, said first named member remaining quiescent until dead center is passed, to prevent premature longitudinal movement of the feed shaft, and means, including members carriedby the ribbon, to coeperate with the spring-engagedmember of said toggle and gradually swlng the same and thereby move it. over dead center when a predetermined feed of theribbon in either direction has been effected, the actuating spring thereupon operatin to break the toggle. 23. n a time recor er, a card receiver, time-controlled hour and minute marking wheels, a manually o erated actuator to cause said wheels to print a time record on a card'in the receiver, an ink-ribbon interposed between the latter and the marking wheels, mechanism, including a pawl set for operation by said aetuator when the latter 

